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Johann Nepomuk Hauser

Johann Nepomuk Hauser (* March 24 1866 in Kopfing im Innkreis; † February 8 1927 in Linz) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and politician of the Christian Social Party.

Biography

Inscription on the west portal of the Parish Church of Taufkirchen an der Pram about the tower collapse in 1922 and the consecration of the new building by Johann Nepomuk Hauser

Johann Nepomuk Hauser attended elementary school in Natternbach starting on May 1, 1872, and the Jesuit gymnasium at Freinberg from 1877 to 1885. He studied at the Priest Seminary in Linz from 1885 to 1889. On August 4, 1889, he celebrated his First Mass in Natternbach. He served as chaplain in Gaflenz and, starting on August 3, 1890, in the suburban parish of Wels, later becoming a prelate and consistorial councilor.

From 1891 to 1927, he was secretary of the Upper Austrian People's Credit, and on January 15, 1918, he became chancery director of this institute. From 1893 to 1895, he was an editor of the Christian Art Papers and also editor of the Catholic Workers' Newspaper. Starting in 1897, he was a committee member of the Catholic People's Association, later its treasurer and, from 1903, its secretary. From 1897 to 1913, he served as auditor for the Catholic Press Association, and from 1903, he was editor of the People's Association Messenger. From 1918 to 1920, he was chairman of the Christian Social Party.

Hauser served as a member of the Upper Austrian Provincial Parliament from 1899 to 1927, and starting in 1908, as a member of the Imperial Council. From 1908 to 1927, he also served as Governor of Upper Austria. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, he became one of three presidents of the Provisional National Assembly on October 30, 1918, following the resignation of Jodok Fink. On March 5, 1919, he became Second President of the Constituent National Assembly. From 1920 to 1927, he was a member of the Austrian National Council.

Johann Nepomuk Hauser is buried in the abbots' crypt of Wilhering Abbey.

Prelate Hauser was an honorary citizen of the municipality of St. Marienkirchen bei Schärding and a member of the Catholic student associations KaV Norica Wien, KaV Marco-Danubia Wien, KÖStV Kürnberg Wien, and KÖHV Carolina Graz (formerly in the CV, now in the ÖCV). The Nepomuk-Hauser-Gasse in Andorf is named after him.

See also: List of Austrian governors

Literature

• "Hauser Johann Nepomuk". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 2, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 218 f. (Direct links to "p. 218", "p. 219")
• Josef Honeder (1969), "Hauser, Johann Nepomuk", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 8, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 118–118; (full text online)
• Ernst Bruckmüller (ed.): Lexicon of Austrian Personalities. Publishing Group Austria-Lexicon, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-95004-387-X.

External links

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• Johann in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU)

References

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• Governor (Upper Austria)
• Provincial Parliament Member (Upper Austria)
• Member of the House of Deputies (Austria)
• Member of the National Council (Austria)
• Second National Council President (Austria)
• Kopfing im Innkreis
• Politician (Province of Austria ob der Enns)
• Roman Catholic Clergy (19th Century)
• Roman Catholic Clergy (20th Century)
• Journalist (Austria)
• Governor (Austro-Hungarian Empire)
• CS Member
• Corps Member (CV)
• Austrian
• Born 1866
• Died 1927
• Male

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